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The US sanctions Chapo’s brother-in-law, Noel Lopez Perez, and one of Chapo’s nephews named Ricardo Paez Lopez.
The Latest Sanctions
The US Treasury Department – OFAC just announced their new counter narcotics sanctions today, on July 12, 2023.
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The press release for the new sanctions reads as follows:
Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned 10 individuals, including several Sinaloa Cartel members and fugitives, as well as one Mexico-based entity, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14059.
Those sanctioned today are associated with Sinaloa, Mexico-based precursor chemical suppliers and brothers Ludim and Luis Alfonso Zamudio Lerma and ultimately operate under the Los Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. Responsible for a significant portion of the illicit fentanyl and other deadly drugs trafficked into the United States, the Sinaloa Cartel is one of the most powerful and pervasive drug trafficking organizations in the world.
As a sibling of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera’s second wife, Griselda Lopez Perez, Noel Lopez Perez is a brother-in-law of Guzman Loera and therefore an uncle to Ovidio and Joaquin Guzman Lopez.
In February 2021, Nestor Isidro Perez Salas was indicted in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on drug trafficking charges related to methamphetamine and cocaine and, among other charges, conspiracy to retaliate against a witness. Additionally, Perez Salas and Medina Gonzalez were indicted in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in April 2023. Medina Gonzalez, Limon Elenes, and Perez Salas are fugitives. Moreover, in April 2023, the Department of State issued reward offers for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Oscar Noe Medina Gonzalez and Nestor Isidro Perez Salas.
Quick Summary
Noel Lopez Perez
-Brother-in-law of Chapo
-Ovidio and Joaquin’s uncle
-“Involved in drug trafficking and transportation, precursor chemical sales, overseeing illicit drug laboratories, cross-border tunnels, and enforcement operations for Los Chapitos”
Ricardo Paez Lopez
-Cousin of Ovidio and Joaquin
-Brother of Saul Paez Lopez, who was previously sanctioned
-“Involved in drug trafficking and transportation, precursor chemical sales, overseeing illicit drug laboratories, cross-border tunnels, and enforcement operations for Los Chapitos”
Jeuri Limon Elenes
-Brother-in-law of Ricardo and Saul Paez Lopez
– “A methamphetamine trafficker”
Dora Vanessa Valdez Fernandez
Purchaser of precursor chemicals from Ludim Zamudio Lerma
Nestor Isidro Perez Salas, alias “El Nini”
-“Fentanyl trafficker and violent enforcer for Los Chapitos”
Oscar Noe Medina Gonzalez, alias “El Panu”
-“Fentanyl trafficker and violent enforcer for Los Chapitos”
Angel Guillermo Zamudio Lerma, Daniel Zamudio Lerma, and Jorge Alberto Zamudio Lerma
-All brothers of the previously sanctioned Ludim and Luis Alfonso Zamudio Lerma brothers
– “For being or having been leaders or officials of Aceros y Refacciones del Humaya” (Which was sanctioned in Wednesday
To read any of the three documents released, please click below: